neigh: let neigh_xmit take skb ownership

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CVE-2026-52981

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: neigh: let neighxmit take skb ownership neighxmit always releases the skb, except when no neighbour table is found. But even the first added user of neighxmit mpls relied on neighxmit to release the skb or queue it for tx. sashik...

CVE-2026-52981

CVE-2026-52981 concerns a Linux kernel issue in neigh_xmit: when called with an uninitialized neighbor table (e.g., NEIGH_ND_TABLE with IPv6 disabled), neigh_xmit can return -EAFNOSUPPORT without releasing the skb, risking a memory leak. The fix removes the remaining code path that could neither ...